74 85. CYPERACE^. 



the number of species enumerated, and not the accuracy 

 of the facts, constitutes the value of a local Flora. Strange 

 delusion ! And yet a very prevalent delusion ! Profes- 

 sor Forbes aptly described the practice as something sup- 

 posed to be achieved " for the honour of the district." 



1189. Scmpus PUN GENS, Vahl. 



Sarnian. St. Ouen's Pond, Jersey. Long considered 

 a variety of S. triqueter, which it much resembles in ge- 

 neral aspect, while it may be truly distinct. 



1190. SciRPUs MARiTiMUS, Liniz. 



Area 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17. 



South limit hi Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Ross, Aberdeen, Argyle. 



Estimate of ]Drovinces 17. Estimate of counties 60. 



Latitude 50 — 58. British type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 



Descends to the sea level, in the Penmsula. 



Ascends, at the sea level, to North Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 47. 



Native. Littoral, Paludal. Extends farther inland 

 than several other of the maritime plants ; esj)ecially up 

 the valley of the Severn, mto "Worcestershire (Ruflford, in 

 Midland Flora), and even into Staffordshire, in a salt 

 marsh near Kingston (Garner, N. H. S.). I have seen it 

 in a brick-maker's yard, at Standground, Huntingdon- 

 shire, so much above the level of the Nene river, as to 

 preclude the explanation of its getting there by any flood- 

 rise of the river ; but I supposed the roots or seeds acci- 



